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Scout a horse barn away from Eagle rank |
By Laurent
Bonczijk,
Newberg Graphic reporter
E-mail Laurent at lbonczijk@eaglenewspapers.com |
Projects toward earning
the rank of Eagle Scout are designed to use all the skills a scout
has learned during his career. They are supposed to demonstrate a
scout’s leadership skills as well as serve the community.
Rarely, though, does that project take the shape of a large horse
shelter. Nevertheless, a horse shelter is what local Boy Scout Brent
Carr, 17, chose for of his Eagle Scout project.
Carr
has been in Scouts for 11 years with Troop 7520 in Newberg. After
months of work he is nearing completion of the project.
Eagle Scout is the highest rank a scout can achieve and must be
attained before the age of 18. In order to be considered for eagle a
scout must earn at least 21 badges and be not only an active member
of his troop but a leader as well, and of course he has to complete
his capstone project.
The horse shelter Carr is building will serve as an addition to the
barn at Haven of Hope ranch. The ranch is designed as a therapeutic
environment for abused horses and mentally and physically challenged
children. Carr has volunteered at the ranch for some time, hence the
idea for his Eagle Scout project. That is how he came to think of
his project. It’s a “pretty worthwhile cause to give a hand to,” he
said.
The goal of the project is not so much for the scout to do a lot of
the work, but to act as a leader for it, providing a vision.
“I don’t do much of the labor,” he said. “I have to get people to
come and help me.”
Carr secured a monetary donation from his father’s employer,
Tektronix. Parr Lumber provided him with a farm pack, or what he
calls “random cut pieces” of lumber. He will also buy the roofing
material from them at cost.
“You apply all the things you’ve learned over time,” he said of the
project. Although he admits he may have take too big a bite, he
expects to complete the project in a few weeks.
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Published
Aug. 1, 2007, Newberg Graphic
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